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Graduate Certificate in Child Advocacy

The Graduate Certificate in Child Advocacy is designed to provide professionals with
the tools necessary to recognize and react to situations involving child neglect and
abuse.

Collaboration between the UT departments of criminal justice, social work and legal
specialties, and school psychology, higher education, and counselor education, allow
the students to gain better insight into the many different issues of child neglect
and abuse.

Throughout the program, students will obtain a new perspective on the need for child
advocacy, learn how to identify maltreatment, and understand the moral and legal obligations
for reported or suspected child neglect and abuse.

Students will learn:

To develop an understanding and awareness of child abuse and neglect

To recognize and react to situations involving child abuse;

How to recognize child abuse, and neglect, and subsequently report incidents to provide
help for the victims

To advocate for the best interests of our community’s abused and neglected children.

Individualization of the certificate is provided through a guided study in child advocacy.
Many students choose to pair a certificate with a degree program, discuss all of your
options with your academic adviser.

The two-semester, four-course sequence credit program in Child Advocacy is a 100 percent
online program that can be completed in two semesters. Courses are accessible “24/7”
through distance education methods over the Internet. At the end of the student’s
program, a guided study will give them the opportunity to concentrate on areas related
to Child Advocacy that they would like to explore further.

Admission requirements:

Application

Official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended

One letter of recommendation

Statement of purpose

Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) and FBI background check
and fingerprints

Plan of study

To Apply for the Program:

The Child Advocacy Graduate Certificate program is open to anyone with an undergraduate
degree (with a 3.0) from an accredited college or university. After you have created
a PIN and Login, please make sure you complete the "Grad App" for admission. To apply
online, click here.

Many students choose to pair a certificate with a degree program. Those who are currently
enrolled in a graduate degree program can add this certificate to their current program
by completing this form and submitting to the graduate studies office.